Word Crossy Level 9,743
Answers

17 linked answers, in play order with letter counts.

CATLIKE

All 17 answers

CATLIKE7 TACKLE6 TICKLE6 ALIKE5 CAKE4 KALE4 LACE4 LACK4 LAKE4 LATE4 LEAK4 TAIL4 TAKE4 TALE4 TALK4 TILE4 ICE3

Word Crossy Level 9,743 sits in the Glorious pack and holds 17 words on the board, the longest being CATLIKE at 7 letters. That is around the usual size for Word Crossy, which means the grid will have several short answers threaded between the long ones.

Every answer on this level is built from the letters in CATLIKE, which uses 7 distinct letters. That is the fastest filter you have: a candidate containing anything outside that set cannot be an answer, however well it seems to fit the grid. Place the long word first and the crossings it fixes narrow everything else sharply.

This board has almost no short filler: only 1 answer runs to three letters or fewer, so the level is carried by its longer words and there is little to fall back on if you stall. Work outward from CATLIKE.

This level is in the 9,701–9,800 block, with level 9,742 and level 9,744 linked at the foot of the page.

Level 9,743 at a glance
PackGlorious
Words on the board17
Longest answerCATLIKE (7)
Shortest answerICE (3)
Distinct letters7
Level9,743
Questions

Word Crossy Level 9,743 FAQ

1What is the answer to Word Crossy Level 9,743?+
All 17 answers are listed above, each with its letter count.
2How many answers does this level have?+
17, all listed on this page.
3Where do I go next?+
Use the links at the foot of the page for level 9,742 and level 9,744, or browse the whole 9,701–9,800 block.
4Are these answers verified?+
Yes. This puzzle was imported from a structured source record and validated on build. See the method page for exactly what is checked.
How to play

How Word Crossy Works

The same three moves solve most Word Crossy puzzles, including this one.

1

Find the long word first

It uses the whole letter set and anchors the grid. Every other answer on the board is made from its letters, so placing it turns a search into a filter.

2

Count the empty run

A three-square gap has very few candidates. Matching the slot by length beats reading the word list from the top.

3

Re-use what you placed

Short answers are usually fragments of the long one. If you are stuck, look at the word you already solved rather than at the tiles.

Play smarter

Word Crossy Tips & Strategy

Starting with what this particular level teaches you.

1

This chain has 17 links

Fill the answers you are sure of first — each confirmed link constrains its neighbours far more than the clue alone.

2

Longest answer is CATLIKE

At 7 letters it is the most constrained slot on the level, which usually makes it the easiest to place.

3

The longest answer is the letter set

Anything containing a letter outside it is wrong before you check the grid. That single rule discards most guesses instantly.

4

Short words are where levels are lost

The long answers come easily. It is the three-letter fillers threaded between them that stall a board, because they are easy to look straight past.

5

Try the endings

Once a stem is down, test S, ED, ER and ING. A large share of missed answers are a word you already found wearing a suffix.

6

Work from the rare letter

If the set holds a J, Q, X, V or Z, build outward from it — very few words can use it, so it narrows the board faster than any vowel.

By the numbers

Word Crossy Level 9,743 In Detail

Everything recorded for this puzzle, counted from its source record.

Answers in chain17
Longest answerCATLIKE
Average length4.4 letters
Level9,743
Block9,701–9,800